Wall-paper machine.



Patented Aug. l9, I902.

0. B. wss rou. WALL PAPEB- MACHINE;

(Application filed Apr. 5, 1902.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES Nrrsr) STATES CHARLES B. WESTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WALL-PAPER MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 7 07,289, dated August19, 1902.

Application filed April 5, 1902. Serial No. 101,608. N model-l To altwhom, it may concern/.- I

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. WESTON, a citizen of the United Stat-es,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tall-Paper Machines, ofwhich the following is a full and complete specification, such as willenable those skilled ground color to the paper and of printing saidpaper. V

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form apartgln which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by the samereference characters in eachof the views, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing theapplication of my improvement for the purpose of grounding or applyingthe ground color to the paper; Fig. 2, a similar View showing theapplication of my improvement for printing the paperafter the groundingthereof or after the ground color has been applied thereto; Fig. 3, aperspective view of a paint-roll which I employ, and Fig. 4 an end viewthereof.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a acylinder over -will be readilylunderstood.

rate parts of the roller at one side, as shown at 0 and securelyheld inposition by the clamping of the separate parts of the roller together,and the sheet of material constituting the cover 0 is then folded aroundthe roller,and the free edge. thereof abuts against the fold ofsaidgcovering at c and makes a smooth and even-covering for said roller,as

The paint constituting the ground coloring of the wall paper is placedin a trough or other receptacle b, and the roller Z) is so mounted as toturn therein, and the wallpaper 6 is passed around the cylinder at inthe usual manner, and the roller 1) is held in contact therewith andrevolved by any suitable means. In practice the pan or trough b and Itheroller (1 are suitably supported in the frame of the machine, which isnot shown, the relative position of saidparts being only shown in Fig.1, and the roller?) may be be: adjusted toward or from the roller 17 bymeans of a screw-threaded rod h, mounted in supports i. The scraper orequalizer f distributes the paint equallyover the roller 1) and removestherefrom any surplus paint,

and by means of this operation the ground ,coloring'of the paper may bequickly and easily applied thereto.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings I have shown my improvement applied in theoperation of printing wall-paper, and for this purpose I place betweenthe roller 1) and the cylinder at a printing cylinder or roller j, onwhich the pattern tobe printed on the paper e is formed, and in thisoperation the paint is applied to the printing cylinder or roller j andtransner, as may also the pan or trough d, and any suitable means may beemployed for adjusting the scraper or equalizer f, and the said scraperor equalizer may be composed of any desired material, but is preferablycomposed of stiff textile material folded as shown.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine for grounding and painting Wall-paper, a cylinder aroundwhich the paper is passed, a printing-roller supported adjacent theretoand adapted to hear thereon, a paint-roller supported adjacent to theprinting-roller and adapted to bear thereon, said paint-roller beingsupported in a trough or other receptacle, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In a machine for grounding and painting wall-paper, a cylinder aroundwhich the paper is passed, a printing-roller supported adjacent theretoand adapted to bear thereon, a paint-roller supported adjacent to theprinting-roller and adapted to bear thereon,

said paint-roller being supported in a trough or other receptacle, andbeing also provided with an adjustable scraper or equalizer which isadapted to bear thereon, substantially as shown and described.

8. In a machine for groundingand painting wall-paper, a cylinder aroundwhich the paper is passed, a paint-applying roller composed of twolongitudinal parts secured t0- gether and provided with a covering oftextile material, and a scraper and equalizer composed of textilematerial, and supported adjacent to said roller and adapted to bearthereon and adjustable with reference thereto, substantially as shownand described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 1st day of April,1902.

CHARLES B. WESTON.

VVit-nesses:

E. N. ROBER, WILLIAM VAN GRIEWEL.

